Katie Van Winkle’s Service Comes Full Circle While working as a professor at Austin Community College (ACC), former Literacy First tutor Katie Van Winkle would interact with high school students […]
Read MoreKatie Van Winkle’s Service Comes Full Circle While working as a professor at Austin Community College (ACC), former Literacy First tutor Katie Van Winkle would interact with high school students […]
Read MoreBy YiKen Jongerius I have a student who always brightens up my day, whether she knows it or not. For example, if we finish our lesson early then we will […]
Read MoreBy Danielle Anderson, 2020-2021 Literacy First Tutor Working with students in a one-to-one setting with Literacy First gives us a special opportunity to really get to know our students and […]
Read MoreBy Sylvia Rainey, 2020-2021 Literacy First Tutor The most gratifying statement I heard all year was from one of my second-grade students. “I finally got the hang of reading!” he […]
Read MoreCeleste discusses her experience serving remotely, both as a tutor and in her partnership creating mindfulness videos for AISD students.
Read MoreBy Celeste Tovar, 2020-2021 Literacy First Tutor My favorite aspect of my service experience has been learning how to tutor and teach from trained and experienced educators. This experience awakened […]
Read MoreBy Sherri Goodner, 2020-2021 Literacy First Tutor This past fall, I started lessons with Charlotte, my first student as a Literacy First tutor. Charlotte is a vibrant, intelligent, inquisitive, studious […]
Read MoreOne student’s goal of becoming a doctor inspires the reading choices of her Literacy First tutor.
Read MoreWhat does learning to read have to do with watching grass grow? Literacy First tutor Jeffrey finds the metaphor in the journey of his first student, Liam.
Read MoreLiteracy First tutor Danielle writes about the unexpected joys made possible by technology during the unique 2020-21 service year – including the day she was able to facilitate a reading session for two best friends who had not seen each other in months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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